Egg-beater.



PATENTED APR. 14, 1903.

0. A. TAPLI N. EGG BEATER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE A. TAPLIN, OF FORESTVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGN OR TO THE TAPLINMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

EGG-BEATER.

srncrrrcnrron formingpart of Letters Patent No. 125,507, dated April 14,1903.

Application filed August 5, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE A. TAPLIN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Forestville, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful ImproverpentsinEgg-Beaters, of which the following isi-a full, clear, and exactdescription, whereby'any one skilled in the art can make and use thesame.

The object of my invention is to provide an egg-beater having rotarybeater-arms of a well known type and with a supportingframe for saidarms which shall have features of construction that shall provideextreme strength and rigidity, and which shall avoid the defects ofprior structures of this class,

and which shall also contain advantages in construction which shallsimplify and reduce the cost of making and add greatly to the durabilityof the device.

One form of device in the use of which these objects may be attained isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a viewin side elevation of an egg-beater embodying my improvement, the maingear-wheel being cut in section. Fig. 2 is a detail view, on enlargedscale, showing a portion of the frame of the egg-beater in edge View.Fig. 3 is a detail view, on en- 0 larged scale, in section through thebase of the handle at its junction with the supporting-frame.

In the accompanying drawings my improved egg-beater is shown asincluding a 5 handle I), having an offset bend a, a shank or stem (1, towhich the supporting-frame is rigidly secured, and a mount for thedrivingwheel a.

The supporting-framefis made,preferably,

of Wire bent to shape, the outer end at the center being in the form ofa loopc with parallel sides and then expanding in curved outlines andextending in two branches about parallel to each otherand terminating inends f, which are clamped firmlyin sockets formed on opposite sides ofthe stem. On each branch or arm of the supporting-frame rotary pinions gare mounted,in mesh with each I other, and the beaters h h are securedto the Serial No. 647,165. (No model.)

respective pinions by their inner ends and mounted at the outer end oftheir rounded or center part on the arms of theloop of thesupporting-frame. These heaters are of thin metal and are set in planesto revolve with reference to each other, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of thedrawings.

A driving-Wheel c is mounted on the framehandle, as by means of a pivotz', and has on its inner face gear-teeth that, mesh with the teeth onone of the pinions g. This Wheel is provided with a handle 1;, bymeansof which it may be turned to drive the beaters at the required rate ofspeed. A hearing it for the wheel may be located on the frame.

An essential feature of my improvement resides in the form of clamp usedto secure the supporting-frame to the handle or main frame of thedevice. The beaters being rotatably mounted on this supporting-frame andhaving pinions meshing with the teeth on the largegear-wheel, it isessential that the supporting-frame be rigidly secured to the handleportion of the device. In using the beater the hand of the user graspsthe device and presses with considerable force on the handle in order toretain the lower end of the heater in proper position in the receptaclein which it is being used. It will thus be seen that thesupporting-frame must be secured to the handle in such manner as toeffectually 8o resist this force and prevent the arms from being movedlaterally or longitudinally, as a very slight movement in eitherdirection would serve to destroy the operativeness of the device.

On the surface of the stem or base of the handle grooves Z Z are formed,terminating in shoulders against which the inner ends of thesupporting-frame rest. A crosswise groove is formed extending around thebase or shank 0 of the handle, this crosswise groove being deeper thanthe lengthwise grooves, and a clamp 12?. is wrapped about the parts andis located in this crosswise g"roove,-con 1pressing the members of thesupporting-frame into 5 both the lengthwise and lateral grooves andfirmly binding and securing the supportingframe to the handle, so thatan extremely rigid and durable connection is formed which effectuallysustains all strains put upon the supporting-arms in the use of thedevice.

The heater as a Whole, consisting of the parts combined and arranged asabove described, is readily formed to shape as to the several parts andmay be easily and quickly assembled to form a strong and durable beaterin which many of the defects of prior structures of this class areobviated.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with the frame of an eggbeaterhaving a handle and a shank with lengthwise grooves formed in thesurface thereof and on diametrically opposite sides, a transverse grooveextending around said shank and intersecting the lengthwise grooves andof a greater depth than that of the lengthwise grooves, a beater-framehaving its ends located in the lengthwise grooves, a band located in thetransverse groove and forcing the ends of the beater-frame into thedepression formed at the intersection of the transverse and lengthwisegrooves, heaters rotatively mounted on the beater-frame, and a gearwheelsecured to the frame and in mesh with pinions on the beaters.

2. In combination with the frame of an eggbeater having a handle and ashank with lengthwise grooves formed in the surface thereof ondiametrically opposite sides of the shank, said grooves having end wallsat their upper ends, a beater-frame having each end located in saidgrooves and against the end Wall thereof, a transverse groove extendingaround the shank and intersecting the lengthwise grooves and of agreater depth, a band located in the transverse groove and forcing thebeater-frame into the depression formed by the intersection of thelengthwise and transverse grooves, heaters rotatively mounted on thebeater-frame, and a gear-Wheel secured to the frame and in mesh withpinions on the heaters.

CLARENCE A. TAPLIN.

Witnesses:

LULU I. BEACH, ELLEN S. BEACH.

